diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5000ca1..92503e9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 # Changelog
 This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
+## [3.5.1] - 2015-06-26
+### Fixed
+- A bug introduced in 3.5.0 where Slack messages sent to IRC wouldn't get parsed.
+Adds a test to confirm correct behavior.
+
 ## [3.5.0] - 2015-06-22
 ### Added
 - `commandCharacters` option - makes the bot hide the username prefix for
@@ -8,7 +13,8 @@ messages that start with one of the provided characters when posting to IRC.
 A `Command sent from Slack by username:` message will be posted to the IRC
 channel before the command is submitted.
 
-## [3.4.0] - 2015-05-22
+#t
+ [3.4.0] - 2015-05-22
 ### Added
 - Made it possible to require slack-irc as a node module.
 
diff --git a/lib/bot.js b/lib/bot.js
index 46aee14..bbb4e9b 100644
--- a/lib/bot.js
+++ b/lib/bot.js
@@ -150,14 +150,13 @@ Bot.prototype.sendToIRC = function(message) {
   if (ircChannel) {
     var user = this.slack.getUserByID(message.user);
 
-    var body = message.getBody();
-    var text;
-    if (this.isCommandMessage(body)) {
+    var text = this.parseText(message.getBody());
+
+    if (this.isCommandMessage(text)) {
       var prelude = 'Command sent from Slack by ' + user.name + ':';
       this.ircClient.say(ircChannel, prelude);
-      text = body;
     } else {
-      text = '<' + user.name + '> ' + body;
+      text = '<' + user.name + '> ' + text;
     }
 
     logger.debug('Sending message to IRC', channelName, text);
diff --git a/test/bot.test.js b/test/bot.test.js
index 8fde6df..9193a34 100644
--- a/test/bot.test.js
+++ b/test/bot.test.js
@@ -91,6 +91,19 @@ describe('Bot', function() {
     ClientStub.prototype.say.should.not.have.been.called;
   });
 
+  it('should parse text from slack when sending messages', function() {
+    var text = '<@USOMEID> <@USOMEID|readable>';
+    var message = {
+      channel: 'slack',
+      getBody: function() {
+        return text;
+      }
+    };
+
+    this.bot.sendToIRC(message);
+    ClientStub.prototype.say.should.have.been.calledWith('#irc', '<testuser> @testuser readable');
+  });
+
   it('should parse text from slack', function() {
     this.bot.parseText('hi\nhi\r\nhi\r').should.equal('hi hi hi ');
     this.bot.parseText('>><<').should.equal('>><<');